《太平圣惠方》∶治风冷寒痹腰痛。用川乌头三个,生捣为末,少加盐水调,摊于纸帛
上,贴痛处,须臾止。
又方∶治卒患腰脚疼痛。用杜仲一两,制,水二钟,煎一钟;再用羊肾四枚,细切去脂
膜,入药汤,煮熟;次入韭白、盐、花椒、姜、酱、醋作羹,空腹食之,二三次即腰脚倍健
。
灸腰痛不可俯仰,令患人正立,以竹杖柱地,平脐点记,乃以度背,于脊中点记,随年
壮灸之。肾俞(三壮或七壮)、昆仑(三壮)、委中(剌出血沉脚腰肿痛)。
青娥丸(补一四三) 煨肾散(和二八二) 大厘清饮(新寒五) 四物汤(补八) 补髓丹(
补一四一) 当归地黄饮(新补二十) 补阴丸(寒百六十) 二至丸(热一二八) 当归拈痛汤(
寒百三十) 左归丸(新补四) 右归丸(新补五) 《元戎》四物汤(攻二六) 二陈汤(和一)
五积散(散三九) 滋阴八味煎(新寒十七) 平胃散(和十七) 胃苓汤(和百九十) 《济生
》术附汤(补四二) 五苓散(和一八二) 肾着汤(热一二九) 羌活胜湿汤(和一七八) 渗湿
汤(和一七四) 一柴胡饮(新散一) 独活寄生汤(和二百七十) 苍术汤(寒一三三) 二柴胡
饮(新散二) 不换金正气散(和二一) 通气散(妇一三一) 正柴胡饮(新散六)
*Taiping Shenghui Fang* records: For treating lumbar pain caused by wind-cold cold-bi syndrome. Use three *Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata* (Chuanwu, 川乌头), crush them raw into powder, add a small amount of salt water to mix, spread onto paper or silk, and apply to the painful area; pain will cease in a moment.
Another prescription: For treating sudden onset of lumbar and leg pain. Use one liang (*Du Zhong*, Eucommia Bark) that has been processed, add two cups of water, and decoct until one cup remains; then take four sheep kidneys, cut finely removing the fatty membrane, put them into the medicinal soup, and cook thoroughly; next, add garlic chive whites, salt, Sichuan pepper, ginger, soy sauce, and vinegar to make a soup/congee, eat on an empty stomach; after two or three times, the lumbar region and legs will become significantly stronger.
For moxibustion treatment of lumbar pain preventing bending and extending, have the patient stand upright, support with a bamboo staff on the ground, mark the level of the navel, then measure the back, mark the center of the spine, and perform moxibustion according to the patient's age in terms of "moxa cones" (zhuang). *Shenshu* (BL-23, Kidney Shu) [3 or 7 cones], *Kunlun* (BL-60, Kunlun) [3 cones], *Weizhong* (BL-40, Weizhong) [prick to bleed to settle swelling and pain in the feet and waist].
*Qing'e Wan* (Green Walnut Pill) [Tonification 143] *Weishen San* (Baked Kidney Powder) [Harmonizing 82] *Dali Qingyin* (Great Clarifying Decoction) [New Cold 5] *Siwu Tang* (Four Substances Decoction) [Tonification 8] *Busui Dan* (Marrow-Tonifying Pill) [Tonification 141] *Danggui Dihuang Yin* (Angelica and Rehmannia Decoction) [New Tonification 20] *Buyin Wan* (Yin-Nourishing Pill) [Cold 160] *Erzhi Wan* (Two Solstices Pill) [Heat 128] *Danggui Niantong Tang* (Angelica Pain-Relieving Decoction) [Cold 130] *Zuogui Wan* (Left Return Pill) [New Tonification 4] *Yougui Wan* (Right Return Pill) [New Tonification 5] *Yuanrong* Siwu Tang (Four Substances Decoction from Yuanrong) [Attack 26] *Erchen Tang* (Two Aged Decoction) [Harmonizing 1] *Wuji San* (Five Accumulations Powder) [Disperse 39] *Ziyin Bawei Jian* (Nourishing Yin Eight Flavors Decoction) [New Cold 17] *Pingwei San* (Stomach-Calming Powder) [Harmonizing 17] *Weiling Tang* (Stomach-Ling Decoction) [Harmonizing 190] *Jisheng* Zhufu Tang (Atractylodes and Aconite Decoction from Jisheng) [Tonification 42] *Wuling San* (Five Ling Powder) [Harmonizing 182] *Shenzhe Tang* (Kidney-Dampness Decoction) [Heat 129] *Qianghuo Shengshi Tang* (Notopterygium Victory-over-Dampness Decoction) [Harmonizing 178] *Shenshi Tang* (Dampness-Percolating Decoction) [Harmonizing 174] *Yi Chaihu Yin* (First Bupleurum Decoction) [New Disperse 1] *Duhuo Jisheng Tang* (Angelica Pubescens and Parasitic Decoction) [Harmonizing 270] *Cangzhu Tang* (Atractodes Macrocephala Decoction) [Cold 133] *Er Chaihu Yin* (Second Bupleurum Decoction) [New Disperse 2] *Buhuanjin Zhengqi San* (Non-Exchanging Gold Upright Qi Powder) [Harmonizing 21] *Tongqi San* (Qi-Circulating Powder) [Gynecology 131] *Zheng Chaihu Yin* (Regular Bupleurum Decoction) [New Disperse 6]